MUSI 1900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: String Instrument, Frame Drum, Zither
13 Jan 2017
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Music: organized sound that is meaningful to people within a specific time and place, also having a tune or melody. Venda people of south africa: music is rhythmical stirring of whole body. Tone color/timbre: used to refer to the quality. Sound sources: voices + instruments that produce music sound and whose vibrations give rise to our perceptions of quality. Attack and decay: onset of a sound and the way in which a sound dies out. Straight tone: a sound made by using very little vibrato. Chest voice: produces low, powerful, throaty vocal quality listen to guide 5 to find this. Falsetto: in european music, the male lead voice. Bronze metal used in southeast asia before common era. Vietnam site of 1st bronze instrument (drums) Indonesia gamelans were created, which are large instrumental ensembles. Trinidad (early 20th c. ) had everyday items turned into instruments. Listen to guide 8 to hear something from the carribean. Recent decades have made instruments more portable.
